Harry Reid dozed through past SOTUs

Only one thing about the State of the Union worries Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: The possibility that President Barack Obama might chide him for dozing off.

The Nevada Democrat said that he’s rested his eyes a bit during past State of the Union speeches — not ones given by Obama, of course — and that he hopes a recent bout with the flu won’t prompt him to become tired during the president’s speech and provoke an executive order to wake up.

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“The only thing that would ever trouble me is if he said: ‘Reid, stop dozing off,’” Reid told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve frankly dozed off once or twice, not during the Obama years of course.”

Reid said that a White House aide had told him Obama’s address wouldn’t approach Clintonian length, so the Democratic leader believes he should be in the clear on Tuesday night.

“I’m alert and I understand the speech isn’t going to be very long,” Reid said. “I wouldn’t want him to pinpoint me for nodding a little bit.”